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Auction: 5033 - The Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns
Lot: 249

Charles I, Newark besieged (1645-6), Halfcrown, 14.78g., 1645, large double-arched crown dividing C R, value XXX below, rev. OBS: NEWARK 1645 in three lines (Hird 245 (same dies); N.2638; S.3140) old attempted piercing at 10 o´clock on reverse, mottled tone, otherwise good very fine for this rare date Estimate £ 1,200-1,500PROVENANCE: H M Lingford, collection purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1951

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